...§ 19&5(cl provides: 1f two or more persons in any State or Territory conspire or go in disguise on the highway or on the premises of another, for the...of persons of the equal protection of the laws, or ufrqoal privileges and immuuities under the laws, or for the purpose uf preventing ui (nmiering the...

...that provides in pertinent part: "(3) If two or more persons in any State or Territory conspire ... for the purpose of depriving, either directly or indirectly,...equal protection of the laws, or of equal privileges and immunities under the laws, or for the purpose of preventing or hindering the constituted authorities...

...vulnerable groups to enjoy an equal right to live under the rule of law. It prohibits conspiracies "for the purpose of depriving, either directly or...equal protection of the laws, or of equal privileges and immunities under the laws; or for the purpose of preventing or hindering the constituted authorities...

...§ I985(c) provides: If two or more persons in any State or Territory conspire or go in disguise on the highway or on the premises of another, for the...indirectly, any person or class of persons of the eijual protection of the laws. i>r it ( iju.il privileges and immunities under the laws, or for the...

...Reconstruction era civil rights law. That statute has two relevant provisions. The first prohibits conspiracies 'for the purpose of depriving, either directly or...class of persons of the equal protection of the laws.' Moat of the abortion- related Section 1985(3! litigation emphasized this clause. In Brav v. fl«»«nAri«...

...Reconstruction era civil rights law. That statute has two relevant provisions. The first prohibit* conspiracies "for the purpose of depriving, either directly or...or class of persons of the equal protection of the laws.1 Most of the abortion-related Section 1985(3) litigation emphasized this clause. In Brav v. alax«ndri»...

...for "two or more persons in any State or Territory [to[ conspire,... for the purpose of depriving. ..any person or class of persons of the equal protection of the laws, or of equal privileges and immunities under the laws..."101 Yet he worried that the previous decisions of the Supreme Court,...

...1861 for similar purposes as 5 1981. It prohibits two or more individuals from conspiring 10 deprive "any person or class of persons of the equal protection of the laws." Section 198513), unlike i 1981. protects against invidious discrimination based on classifications...

...of the Ku KIux Klan Act of 1871. This section prohibited conspiracies for the purpose of depriving any person or class of persons of the equal protection of the laws or for hindering state officials from securing persons the equal protection of the laws. The defendants...

...who "shall conspire together, or go in disguise... for the purpose... of depriving any person or any class of persons of the equal protection of the laws... or of equal privilege... under the laws." Though well-intentioned, the Ku Klux Klan Act did nothing to end the...